Building block and wall.



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APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 12, 1908.

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FRANK J'. SHUSTER, OF THEBESA, WISCONSIN., v

BUILDING BLOCK AND WALL.

Specicatioii of Letters Patent.

.Patented Nov. 30, wilg.

'Application flied March 12, 160e. Serial En. 420,5230.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. SGHUsTnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Theresa, county of Dodge, and State ot Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements iny Building Blocks and Walls, of which tlie following is a specitication.

My invention relates to` improvements in artificial building blocks and walls.

' The object of my invention is to provide a form of block which will readily lend itself to the construction of walls having single, double or triple air spaces extending horizontally in tl'ic'wall and in which the air spaces when in double or triple vertical series'will overlap so that any horizontal plane through the wall will cut one-or more of such spaces.

A further object of my `invention is to provide a block of the above described character, in' which the air spaces in the walls will be formed partially in one block and partially in an adjacent block, so that a connecting web between the front and rear faces of the block may be provided at an intermediate point, as distinguished from those blocks in which connecting websv or members are located at the respective ends of tlie block.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanying drawings, Vin ,Which,- l

Figure l is a perspective View ol a portion ot' one ot' my improved building blocks. Fig. 2 is an end view of a portion of a wall constructed from the blocks shown in Fig. l and having a single Vertical series of air spaces.l Fig. 3 is a similar View showing a wall having two vertical series of air spaces. Fig. Il shows a wall coi'nposed of like blocks together with a special form of connecting block, whereby three vertical series of air spaces are secured. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fi 2 but showing., blocks having flanges 3 andg/J; of unequal lengths.

Like. parts are identified by the same ref# erence characters throughout vthe several views.

Referring to Fi 1 it will be observed that my improved lock is essentially cliairshaped, thev same'having an intermediate horizontal portion l from which a. vertical ange 2 extends .in'one direction and two 5S vertical, flan es 3 and 4 (preferably-of onehalftlie V' .1 t ot the flange 2) extending in the opposite direction. The. end of tlie member l, together with the flanges 2 and 3, forni one outer face of the block, while the opposing end of the member 1, taken with the flange 4, constitutes the other face of Y block registering with each other to form the horizontally extending air space 7.

It will be observed that in Fig. 2, the

blocks are directly superposed in a vertical column. .ln Fig. 3, however, each alternate block is otlset and all the blocks are turned in the same direction. T lie flanges 3 and 4 of cach extend upwardly (or downwardly as the case may be), but reversed end to end so that the flanges 2 and 3 of one block occupy a position in the front face of the wall and the flanges 2 and 3 of the next block occupy a position in the rear face ot' the wall, tlie flanges 4 of all the blocks being directly superposed in a vertical column in the central portion of the wall. This construction forms horizontally extending air spaces 8, composed in part of the channels 5 and in part of the spaces between the flanges 2 of one block and the flanges 4 of the next, or oll'set block. v

lteferrin to Fig. i 'it will be observed that a wa l is formed by arranging the blocks in two vertical columns, separated from' each other at a. width which is pref erably equal to that of the channels 5 and arranfred with the blocks of one column reversed in position end to end as com ared with the op osing block of the adjacent column, the anges 2 and 3 of all the blocks in one-column being located in the outer face ot the Wall and the flanges 2 and 3 of all the blocks in the other column bein located in the inner vface of the wall. Wit this construction an auxiliary block 10 is employed to connect the opposin blocks in the respective columns, this auxi iary block being substantially reet-angular in cross section, with the channel 5a formed in one face thereof in a position to registerwitli. the space 9 between the columns, the channels 5.t

and the spaces 9 forming a horizontally e);- tending air space which laps past the air spaces ll formed by the channels 5 in the blocks oi the respective columns and between the flanges 2 of those blocks and the trout and rearside Walls of the blocks lt). lt will thus be observed that the forni of block illustrated lends itself readily to the construction of building` Walls of any desired thickness or with any desired number of horizontally extendingair spaces.

In l `igs. 2, 3, and 4, the tiangcs 2 are all of the saine length and the saine is true of the flanges 3 and also of the ftanges t ot the several blocks illustrated. This feature, however, is not material to my invention since it is obvious that where it is desired to break joints, blocks may be made with flanges of unequal length as illustrated, for

example, in Fig. 5, which shows each of the blocks provided with a sho1tened-liange 3 and the fianges 4f. correspondingly lengthened. t

1t will be observed that the interior meeting` corners of the blocks are provided with beveled edges @which forni with the adja cent blocks, mortar receiving grooves, thus facilitating laying the blocks, as it is not necessary to interpose mortar between the ends of the blocks, the mortar being einployed only in the grooves except aiong surface joints.

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new and desire to secure by lietters Patent is,--

l. An artificial building bloeit, comprising a horizontally extending portion equal in width to the width of the block and hav ingl two side ianees extending in one direction and one sioe flange extending in the other direction, said last mentioned flange and one of the two flanges having their outer surfaces in the saine plane with one side margin of the horizontal portion and torni ing the outer surface of the block.

2. An artificial building bloeit, comprising etwas a horizontally extending portion e ual in width to the width of the block and iaving at one margin. upwardly and downwardly extending lianges having their outer surfaces in the saine plane as the margin of the block, one of said liangcs being twice the length of the other` and said horizon- 'tally extending portion having at the other margin a projecting flange on the same side and parallel with the shorter of the two first mentioned flanges.

3. ji. building wall composed of a series of chair-shaped blocks, each having an intermediate portion provided with a single flange extending in one direction, and two parallel iianges extending in the other direction and arranged` in the Yall to forni :i series of horizontally extending air spaces between the tlanges.

4. A. building wall composed oi a series of chair-shaped blocks, each having an i11- terinediate portion provided with a single flange extending in one direction, and two paraliel flanges extending in the other direction and arranged in the wall to form a series of horizontally extending air spaces between the flanges, sonic of said blocks beingolif set from the others and arranged to interlock therewith.

A. building wall composed of a series of chair-shaped blocks, each having an intermediate portion provided with a. single lia-.nge extending in one direction and two arallel tlanges extending in the other di rection, and arranged in the 'wall to form a series of horizontally extending air spaces between the tlanges, together with an intermediate connecting block adapted to interlock with adjacent columns of4 the lirst inentioned blocks.

In testimony whereof it aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK J. SCHUSTER.

W itnesses 2 l'iinf'nnn'rr C. Vilnnnnnn, t). R. Eawin. 

